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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Japan	Burkina Faso	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	11,075	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	11,405	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	11,828	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	12,380	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	12,829	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	13,178	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	13,540	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	13,917	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	14,309	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	14,722	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	15,152	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	15,600	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	16,064	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	16,563	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	17,072	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	17,575	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	18,094	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	18,621	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	19,157	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	19,698	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	20,242	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	20,788	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	21,336	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	21,889	2,048

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.